Your most controversial music opinions

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's got some good songs on it but it’s a bit of a mish-mash.  Bad for Good is better.

[Quark]

Worth it just for trying to cram the song titles onto the liner card of  a TDK 90

[Waterdeep]

35 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

[balti-pie]

Power ballads: id just like it on record that at karaoke, I smash out a quite magnificent Heart - Alone. 
 

[henry bear]

It’s going to be a long 16 months...

[stuartbert two hats]

4 hours ago, Quark said:

I hate it when Bat Out Of Hell gets spun on the wireless as it's invariably a shortened version. If you're going to play it, you need the full OTT bombastic nonsense version.

Paradise by the Dashboard Light is better.

[Chawk]

I realised this week that Bat out of Hell is basically a copy of the Springsteen song Thunder Road

[dentalplan]

6 hours ago, Chawk said:

I realised this week that Bat out of Hell is basically a copy of the Springsteen song Thunder Road

Nah. It's certainly not close enough to be a copy.

The whole album does reek of Born to Run (the album) but I would say that's down to the Roy Bittan connection. He's the MVP on both albums. If Loaf had someone else on keys, it would bear minimal resemblance.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Though Mighty Max is on drums as well.

There's a liberal dose of Rocky Horror in there too.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Actual most Springsteen-y Loaf jam is Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are.

[mcshed]

So the controversial opinions thread has just become middle aged blokes talking about whether Top Gear's Greatest Hits or Now That's What I Call Clarkson is the best compilation of power ballads?

 

[Zoo Music Girl]

18 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

Suppose that depends on your definition of ‘enjoyable’. More simple hook-laden songs? Sure. But IMO Dog Man Star is one of the best albums of the 90’s that never gets the dues it deserves. Should’ve made them huge but by then people were already too deep in to the larger lad anthems of Oasis so it fell on its arse.

So wish I could upvote this. I absolutely love that album.

[Quark]

33 minutes ago, mcshed said:

So the controversial opinions thread has just become middle aged blokes talking about whether Top Gear's Greatest Hits or Now That's What I Call Clarkson is the best compilation of power ballads?

 

We get frozen out of every other fucking thread in this place by millennial hipsters. Piss off and let me enjoy my dad rock 😄

[stuartbert two hats]

44 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

So wish I could upvote this. I absolutely love that album.

You know upvotes have been back a few days?

[stuartbert two hats]

I'm not sure if this is controversial or not, but the guitar tone on some of The Cure's classic albums is shite. Like really cheap multi FX pedals.

[dentalplan]

53 minutes ago, mcshed said:

So the controversial opinions thread has just become middle aged blokes talking about whether Top Gear's Greatest Hits or Now That's What I Call Clarkson is the best compilation of power ballads?

 

There were only so many controversial opinions to be had before it would become ‘Your music opinions’.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Arcade Fire are a third-rate Meat Loaf.

[Quark]

24 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'm not sure if this is controversial or not, but the guitar tone on some of The Cure's classic albums is shite. Like really cheap multi FX pedals.

Getting into the deep cuts now

[priest17]

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town is the greatest song of all time. I will not be moved on this. I actually follow a twitter account that just tweets the lyrics so I'm reminded of this every couple of hours. I haven't brought this up earlier in the thread as I don't view it as controversial but after seeing some of the opinions round here maybe the truth is controversial.

 

[FloorFiller]

6 minutes ago, priest17 said:

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town is the greatest song of all time. I will not be moved on this. I actually follow a twitter account that just tweets the lyrics so I'm reminded of this every couple of hours. I haven't brought this up earlier in the thread as I don't view it as controversial but after seeing some of the opinions round here maybe the truth is controversial.

 

Hard agree. Very few songs that make me want to just flip a table and punch the air like this one. I won’t go on a night out without this belter being played during pre-drinks to get me pumped.

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

You know upvotes have been back a few days?

Used them all in about half an hour! Mainly on @Toilet Duck

[Quark]

11 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Paradise by the Dashboard Light is better.

Clearly not. There's controversial and then there's just plain wrong.

[rivalschools.price]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

There were only so many controversial opinions to be had before it would become ‘Your music opinions’.

Yeah, most of the thread is ‘here is a list of bands I don’t like’.

[FloorFiller]

Just now, rivalschools.price said:

Yeah, most of the thread is ‘here is a list of bands I don’t like’.

Downvotes are back on now so any real controversial opinions are probably being kept at bay for fear of a scorning.

Plus, most people on here seem pretty like-minded and reasonable when it comes to music so I doubt there are too many ridiculous opinions...

[Andre91]

David Bowie was just alright. 

Edited February 18, 2021 by Andre91